This is not to be scoffed at!
I have been studying this for a couple of years now.
(excuse if this has been covered by someone else)
The sun goes through a activity cycle of 12-14 years on average. We just started back on the upswing after a very quiet down side. The predicted peak will be 2012-2014.
The 1859 Carrington event damaged telegraph offices, lines, equipment, etc. If it happened TODAY it would devastate our infrastructure. Scientist know that it WILL happen like that or worse SOMETIME. Whether it will be this cycle or not I don’t think we can know.
http://spaceweather.com/
will keep us posted. We had a CME a couple of weeks ago and we got plenty of warning, about 24 hours, before it hit the earth. It caused northern lights as far south as Michigan.
This is not a hoax, although it’s about like predicting weather.
The WORST CASE would be that we would be knocked back to medieval days..........really!
It would be similar to an EMP strike (One Second After is a good scenario)
Oh, and another thing, Congress just turned down a few million dollars that would have prepared us for this thing.
Can't say I'm not pleased by that. I'll trust my own preparations: Being right with my Maker.
Whatever event is to come (or not) congress is certainly not the answer.